Kidsmart is a website that teaches students to use the web safely. It is interactive and informative. There are many different kids of web 2.0 tools discussed with safety tips and suggestions for using them as well as information about each tool.
How can you use it?
The main way that this site would be used is to teach internet safety.
Students could also take a topic and use this site for research to create a presentation to the class.
Why would you use it?
Kidsmart can benefit students by teaching them internet safety. If students know how to use the internet safely, there is more that teachers can do with it.
Pros- Fun and informative, it is written in kid friendly terms
Cons- The name kidsmart may make some tweens and teens think that it is a website for little kids.
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